Gothic fiction
dark
Victorian era
sadness
romance
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
The Nightmare befiore Christmas - Tim Burton
Left London to travel to Eastern Europe (Romania)
Leaving the West, entering the East
Castle
Wild landscapes: forests, mountains...
Remote location
Isolated place
Wolves, non-human coach driver
Young couple, engaged, away from each other, waiting to get married
Young lady, writing in her diary
D: intense presence, foreign accent
Local, superstitious people
Religious artefacts
Different means of transportation: train + carriage
19th century
elements of modernity: train, photographs, typewriter
elements of archaism: clothing, carriage, torches, armor, letters
Eyes in the sky: threatening presence
Colors: red, dark, black...
Sounds: drums, howlings of animals
Alarming, disturbing noises
Bad weather: rain, mist, thunder...
Man alone in a foreignh country, a strange place
Supernatural elements
Mansion, abandoned house
Threatening presence
Children, ghosts